Selux

The new home of FC Kras­no­dar was opened in Octo­ber 2016. Ari­sing from nothing, this high-tech buil­ding was con­struc­ted in the space of just three years and now pro­vi­des space for 34,000 fans.

The archi­tec­tu­ral con­cept by Gerkan, Marg and Part­ner Archi­tects is charac­te­ri­sed by its clas­sic con­struc­tion, pre­mium qua­lity mate­ri­als and state-of-the-art tech­no­logy while, with its three-part façade, the refe­rence the buil­ding makes to ancient amp­hi­the­a­tres, the pro­to­type for all modern stadia, is unmis­ta­ka­ble. The façade is made from light Roman tra­ver­tine and is illu­mi­na­ted gently and aes­the­ti­cally. The plan­ning by Con­cept­licht recom­men­ded the look and feel of an ancient amp­hi­the­a­tre be rein­for­ced by ligh­ting, to enable the emo­ti­o­nal nature of spor­ting events to be enhan­ced by a dis­tinct light mood.

To achieve the requi­red ligh­ting ambience, Selux custom-pro­du­ced around 1,100 inte­rior and exte­rior lumi­nai­res spe­ci­ally for the pro­ject. Since the ligh­ting con­cept requi­red highly pre­cise Grenz ray angles for lumi­nai­res in dif­fe­rent buil­ding areas, Selux devel­o­ped 25 dif­fe­rent types of spe­cial lumi­nai­res. The dim­ma­ble LED crown lights have been cus­to­mi­sed so their light is restric­ted even before it exits the lumi­naire, ena­bling the under­side of the façade sof­fits to be accen­tu­a­ted opti­mally with light while not illu­mi­na­ting the upper cross­be­ams. On the façade, in the entrance area and on the podium, direct bea­ming cor­nice lights have been deployed for a high level of visual plas­ti­city.

(Marcus Bredt)

(Marcus Bredt)

An attrac­tive, highly powerful lumi­nous LED light cei­ling over the entrance cre­a­tes a wel­co­ming feel over a length of approx. 22 metres, with the opal glass dif­fu­ser at the side ensu­ring bac­k­ligh­ting of the ver­ti­cal cei­ling ele­ments. First and fore­most, the func­ti­o­nal ligh­ting is desig­ned to gua­ran­tee a safe and pleasant stay in the foot­ball arena. In the cor­ri­dor areas, ter­race entran­ces and wal­k­ways, flush-moun­ted lumi­nai­res with various emis­sion angles and direct-bea­ming lumi­nai­res have been instal­led in cei­ling cas­set­tes for effi­cient ligh­ting, while effec­tive, reces­sed wall lumi­nai­res with a light con­trol­ler have been instal­led in the stair­case tran­si­ti­ons.

(Marcus Bredt)

To visu­ally enhance the stair­ca­ses and tran­si­ti­o­nal areas, the ligh­ting plan­ners opted for LED light cubes in various sizes: large lumi­nous cases of up to 2.80 x 2.00 metres scat­ter light via an opal dif­fu­ser, with each one sup­por­ting a direct-bea­ming down­light in the centre. Selux also pro­vi­ded various light steles and pole-top lumi­nai­res for the ligh­ting of the podium and the sur­roun­ding areas. Besi­des the out­stan­ding light qua­lity, a fur­ther fea­ture of these four-metre high light steles with inte­gra­ted spe­cial optics is how they are equip­ped with multi-func­ti­o­nal acces­so­ries such as loud­spea­kers, came­ras and an emer­g­ency unit. Over the fore­court, Avanza lumi­nai­res cast uni­form light, blen­ding in har­mo­niously with the archi­tec­ture of this sports arena due to their dis­tinc­tive design lan­gu­age.

(Marcus Bredt)

The sta­dium con­struc­tion in Kras­no­dar is far from just a spa­cious and highly ambi­tious buil­ding pro­ject howe­ver – the pri­mary aim of the client was sustai­na­bi­lity in the long term. Here, effi­cient LED ligh­ting tech­no­logy craf­ted by Selux makes both a deci­sive con­tri­bu­tion to the com­mer­cial use of the sta­dium while at the same time visu­ally enhan­cing the building’s archi­tec­tu­ral aes­the­tic.